Carmen Nocera enters his second season on The Rock coaching staff after serving 13 seasons at Westminster College (New Wilmington, Pa.), including nine as head coach.
Nocera will serve as The Rock's bench coach during the 2014 season.
Under Nocera's leadership, Westminster qualified for the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Tournament five times in a six-season span from 2007-12, highlighted by championship efforts in 2005 and 2012 and a second-place finish in 2011.
Nocera closed out his head coaching career by leading the Titans to a school record for single-season wins with a 28-17 record, the conference championship and a first-ever berth in the NCAA Division III playoffs in 2012.
The previous spring, the Titans posted a 25-16 record, which tied for the second-most wins in school history.
Nocera guided Westminster to its first conference championship in 40 years when the Titans won the 2005 PAC Championship with Nocera earning PAC Coach of the Year accolades. He earned his second conference Coach of the Year honor in 2012.
Nocera compiled a 189-205 record as the Titans' head coach and a 256-238-1 combined record as head coach (2000, 2004-12) and associate head coach (2001-03).
A total of 25 Nocera-coached Westminster players earned All-PAC honors from 2004-12.
Prior to joining the Westminster staff, Nocera served as head coach at nearby New Castle High School from 1993-99. He was also a scout for both the Kansas City Royals (1989-91) and Florida Marlins (1991-99).
Nocera was an accomplished amateur player, earning MSBL Eastern United States MVP honors in 1998 and Midwest Region MVP laurels in 1996.
A graduate of Geneva College, where he played both baseball and football, Nocera earned his M.Ed. from Kensington (Calif.) University and his Ph.D. from LaSalle University. He also earned principal and superintendent certification from Westminster and special education certification from Slippery Rock.
Nocera currently works full time as principal at JFK and West Side Primary
Centers in the New Castle School District.
Nocera and his wife, Lisa, reside in Poland, Ohio, with their son, C.J., a freshman on The Rock baseball team, and daughter, Brielle.
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